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*check out our SBA Instagram this week, featuring “Get to know your SBA Executives.”

Announcements

Don’t forget to apply for graduation! Applications are due on Tuesday, February 2. Access the form via Web for Students or contact the Registrar’s office for more information.

Interested in submitting a paper to a competition? The law library has created a guide to student legal writing competitions. For more information, please see the library blog post about the guide.

This year BLSA and SBA are presenting the Nickolas Johnson Writing Competition. In 2018, we lost a fellow classmate and BLSA member. This writing prize in Nickolas Johnson’s memory is to encourage students to tackle issues of mental health on campus and propose an idea to be implemented by BLSA and SBA for the upcoming school year. The competition funding is donation based, and if you would like to donate please donate here, arogers11.

Events for This Week

Events may be found on the SBA calendar. Please make sure you are accessing via your Kent email address.

Chicago-Kent Centennial Visitor Lecture, The Trauma of Injustice: Join us on February 3 at 3 p.m. for Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig’s lecture. “The Trauma of Injustice” will discuss cultural trauma experienced by Blacks as a group in response to legal outcomes in cases involving the killings of unarmed Blacks by police and quasi-police officers. Dean Onwuachi-Willig is a leader in scholarship and teaching related to race and the law, and it is a privilege to have her join us. For more information, including information on how to register, visit this link.

Celebrating Black History Month: A Conversation with Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig – Dean & Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law: To celebrate Black History Month, you are invited to join a student-centric conversation about 21st Century lawyering led by Chicago-Kent’s 2021 Centennial Speaker, Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig. Dean Onwuachi-Willig is dean of Boston University School of Law and a renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory. She is also a co-founder of the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project, which contains resources and information related to addressing racism in law and legal education. Immediately after her public Centennial lecture—The Trauma of Injustice—she will host an informal conversation with Kent students in a separate Zoom session. No need to register—we hope to see you there on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 4:15 p.m., via Zoom.

Chicago-Kent ACPLS (Art and Cultural Property Law Society) General Body Meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 3 from 3-4 p.m. Click here to attend.

Career Services Presents: Why Mindset Matters in Law School, in Practice, and Beyond – February 5. Grades have come out, and for some of you, the disappointment may be sinking in. Come learn about the concept of mindset and how it influences the way we learn and how we respond to successes and challenges in law school. The concept, developed from an extensive body of educational psychology research by Stanford professor Carol Dweck, focuses on how success can be dramatically influenced by how we perceive our most basic qualities, such as our abilities or talent. Professor Young will take a closer look into two mindsets from Dweck’s findings by discussing the underlying beliefs about intelligence that can affect the overall law school experience. She will also offer strategies law students can use to cultivate a growth mindset for law school and professional success.

Deadlines for this Week

Graduation applications for eligible students are due on Tuesday, February 2. Access the form via Web for Students or contact the Registrar’s office for more information.

Future Events

Judicial Externship Informational Session: On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom, Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting for students interested in participating in the Summer and/or Fall 2021 Judicial Externship Programs. For additional information about JEP, you may also refer to the Law School Website externship page. If you have any questions about the Program or the application itself, please contact Professor Vivien Gross.

Kent Justice Foundation will be having its first General Body Meeting of the Spring semester on Tuesday, February 9th, at 12:00 p.m. We will be discussing our annual Spring Auction and ways to get involved in planning, including volunteer hours to log toward your Summer Fellowship application. An email will go out to the KJF general body with a Zoom link. Please email kjf if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

Future Deadlines

Judicial Externship – Summer Application Process: Applications for Summer 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Friday, February 5, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Summer applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Friday, February 19, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Judicial Externship – Fall Application Process: Applications for Fall 2021 Judicial Externships will be available online by Thursday, February 25, 2021. They will also be available in the Symplicity Document Library which can be accessed by clicking on “Resources” on the left side of the student Symplicity homepage. Completed Fall applications should be submitted to Suzanne Blaz by Monday, March 15, 2021, no later than 12 p.m.

Resources

From ASP: How to improve second semester grades: Leveraging your first semester to fuel success.

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From the Library: Improving your Internet Connection at Home.

American Bar Association: Did you know that you get a free ABA membership as a law school student? Sign up using this link for all the perks of membership, including networking opportunities and awesome discounts to study resources! If you have any questions, email your ABA Rep Daniel Kfoury.

Birthdays & Special Days – February:

*if you wish to share your special date with the student body, click here

Summer21 JEP info session – Record announcement.pdf